Accession Number | P09885.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Mikainis, K |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Puckapunyal |
Date made | March 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work |
Outdoor group portrait of 5 Platoon A Company, 2 Recruit Training Battalion, 1-Intake-1969. The ...
Outdoor group portrait of 5 Platoon A Company, 2 Recruit Training Battalion, 1-Intake-1969. The majority of soldiers in this group are National Servicemen who went on to serve in Vietnam, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. The instructors are members of the Regular Army. Back row, left to right: C Gulley; D Glover; T Middleton; T Kirkland; T Makinson; W Machette; M Gribble; W Harmer; R Morphett; B Gorman; L Kelly; G Gillam; T Kidd; Graeme Ellis Johnson; John Leonard McQuat. Third row: H Knight; H Grenn; J Lawson; J Grace; P Zuchetti; R McDonnell; L Grondal; R Hall; W Knox; B Hales; D Hanlon; R Kimpton; N Townsend; G Gojanovich; R Kember; N Treasure; K Lloyd; D McDiarmid; P Green. Second row: B Harper; R Green; W Murphy; Corporal (Cpl) W Duncan; Lance Corporal R Young; Bombardier J Kokoshko; Cpl T Grall; Sergeant A Walford; Second Lieutenant K Witheridge; Cpl H Huhse; Cpl E Little; P Mosel; I MacKay; R McLean; J Hartney; R Lovegrove; L Johnson; L Kennedy; D McDonald; D Hearn; N McIvor. Front Row: P Maguire; K Kelly; J Kupsch; J Harrison; G McNeil; R Hipper; T Jones; M Jenkins; D Hollis; G Gregory; C Lawrence; J Klein; D Hollington; K Hall. Absent: J Holgate - Hospital. 5716533 Private John Leonard McQuat, who later served with the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), was killed in action on 30 April 1970 in South Vietnam.